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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12. Receive update on legislative matters and provide director on priority legislation Page 1 of 2 Item 12. CENTRAL SAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITION PAPER MEETING DATE: MAY 20, 2021 SUBJECT: RECEIVE UPDATE ON PENDING LEGISLATIVE MATTERSAND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON PRIORITY LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY: INITIATING DEPARTMENT: EMILY BARNETT, COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION-COMM SVCS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS INTERGOV REL MANAGER REVIEWED BY: PHILIP R. LEIBER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION i I �w... Roger S. Bailey Kenton L. Alm General Manager District Counsel ISSUE In accordance with Board Policy No. BP 026 — Legislative Advocacy, the Board may provide direction to staff on positions related to priority legislation. BACKGROUND Under BP 026 — Legislative Advocacy, when legislation has direct impact on Central San or special significance to the Board, the General Manager will present information to the Board on priority legislation. The Board may then provide direction as to Central San's position on the legislation. Staff has reviewed pending legislation and worked with member associations to identify possible direct impacts on Central San. The process to create and pass legislation is constantly in flux; the priority legislation presented in this Position Paper represents the most confident analysis and due diligence research at this time. As new information becomes available, it will be presented at future Board meetings. May 20, 2021 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 83 of 457 Page 2 of 2 A priority legislation tracking sheet for Board review and input will be sent prior to the Board meeting with the latest information. Staff will discuss several of the priority items at this meeting and expand on others in the coming weeks as more information becomes available. ALTERNATIVES/CONSIDERATIONS The Board may choose from the following positions on each piece of legislation: • Support • Support if Amended • Neutral • Oppose Unless Amended • Oppose FINANCIAL IMPACTS None. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION This matter was not reviewed by a Board Committee. RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION If applicable, take one of the following actions on Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet or another legislative matter: 1. Adopt staff recommended position(s) on the priority legislation; or 2. Adopt a different position on one or more pieces of the priority legislation; or 3. Take no action. Strategic Plan re-In GOAL ONE: Customer and Community Strategy 1—Deliver high-quality customer service, Strategy 2—Maintain a positive reputation May 20, 2021 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 84 of 457 Central San 2021 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 5/19/21 Item 12. Green Shading- bill enacted, (Handout) Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Federal/ State Author LegIndustry Position Board Date of Board Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Recommended by Decision Direction Notes Priority List/Position Staff 1 State Portantino(D-La Proposed Wildfire SB 45 Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection California Association No position No position 02/18/21 5/20/21 Hearing set in Senate Appropriations. Canada Flintridge) Bond prevention, safe Bond Act of 2022— of Sanitation Agencies 5/3/21 Held in Senate Appropriations Suspense Measure SB drinking water Authorizes the sale of$5.51 billion in general obligation bonds. (CASA): Support if File.4/15/21 Hearing set in Senate Governance 45 drought $2.20 billion,wildfire prevention and community resilience Amended to include and Finance Committee.4/8/21 Authors preparation and $1.47 billion, protection of California's water supply and water quality additional monies amendments. 2/8/21 This is a reintroduced bill flood protection $620 million, protecting fish and wildlife from climate risks requested for recycled from previous session. bond act of 2022 $190 million, protecting agricultural land from climate risks water, etc. aka CA Climate $970 million, protecting coastal lands/oceans/bays/waters/natural resources/wildlife from climate Bond (if passed risks will be placed on $60 million, climate resilience,workforce development, and education Nov. 2022 ballot). 2 State Hertzberg SB 273 Stormwater This bill authorizes municipal wastewater agencies to enter into voluntary agreements with Co-sponsored: CASA Support Support 02/18/21 5/13/21 Double referred to Assembly (D-Van Nuys) Capture and entities responsible for stormwater management—including municipal, industrial, and and California Committees on Local Government and Diversion commercial stormwater dischargers—to more effectively manage stormwater and dry weather Coastkeeper Alliance Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. Authority runoff. The bill supplements the existing authority of all municipal wastewater agencies to enter (CCA) 4/22/21 Passed Senate 38-0. Moved to Assembly. into projects to divert and treat stormwater and dry weather runoff.Any agreement, project, or 4/19/21 Senate Appropriations Hearing Set. use of this authority is completely voluntary for all entities involved.The bill will therefore 4/12/21 Passed from Senate Environmental promote regional interagency cooperation, improve water quality, and make efficient use of Quality Committee 7-0. 1/23/20 Unanimous publicly owned infrastructure by removing onerous barriers that prevent stormwater capture, decision by CASA Legislative Committee to move treatment and recycling. forward with compromise bill with Hertzberg. 2/8/21 This is a reintroduced bill from previous session. 3 State Newman (D-Brea) SB 289 Solid waste: This bill would conduct a study on the disposal and recyclability of household batteries, including Co-sponsored: Support Support 02/18/21 5/20/21 Set for Hearing in Senate Chamber. household their impact on solid waste landfills, health impacts, associated costs, and now include lithium- California Product 5/17/21 In Senate Appropriations Suspense batteries ion and nickel metal hydraide to those studied (a change from the 2020 proposed legislation). Stewardship Council File.4/27/21 Passed Senate Judiciary Committee This is an extended producer responsibility bill and our HHW supervisor requested support. (CPSC), South 9-2. Sent to Senate Appropriations Committee. Bayside Waste 4/12/21 Passed from Senate Environmental Management Quality committee 5-2.4/5/21 Amended. 2/8/21 Authority, and This is a reintroduced bill from previous session. Californians Against Waste(SBWMA) 4 State Bloom (D-Santa AB 818 Nonwoven This bill would require, commencing July 1, 2022, certain nonwoven disposal products to be Co-Sponsored: CASA Support Support 02/18/21 5/13/21 Passed out of Assembly 75-0. 5/5/21 Monica) disposable labeled clearly and conspicuously to communicate that they should not be flushed, as specified. and National Passed Assembly Appropriations Calendar and put products The bill would establish enforcement provisions, including authorizing a civil penalty not to Stewardship Action on Assembly Consent Calendar.4/13/21 Passed exceed $2,500 per violation to be imposed on a person who violates the bill's provisions.The bill Council (NSAC) from Assembly Judiciary Committee 11-0.4/7/21 provides that the industry conduct a 5 year customer education campaign on the labeling. This Passed from Assembly Environmental Safety and bill would not apply to currently labeled "flushable wipes", but is a positive first step in tackling Toxic Materials Committee 9-0. 2/17/21 Bill in print. the issue legislatively.This is the third attempt to pass this legislation.This bill represents an 2/8/21 This is a reintroduced bill from previous agreement with the industry. session. 5 Federal Representative S. 984 Break Free From These bills require producers of covered products to finance programs to collect and process Support: CASA, Support Support 02/18/21 3/25/21 Companion bill on Senate side introduced Lowenthal (D-CA), companion Plastic Pollution the plastic product waste and implement cleanup programs with EPA approval.The bill would NSAC and referred to Senate Finance Committee. 2/8/21 Senator Merkley(D- bill Act create a 10-cent national refund program for all beverage containers regardless of material. This is a reintroduced bill from previous session. OR) Beginning January 2023, it would begin to phase out single-use plastic products and impose a fee on carryout bags. It would create a national standard for recycled content, and protect existing state action. CASA included language that includes wipes as part of the bill. Central San 2021 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 5/19/21 Green Shading- bill enacted, Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Federal/ Industry Position Board Date of Board State Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Recommended by Decision Direction Notes Priority List/Position Staff 6 State Gabriel (D- AB 59 Mitigation Fee Act This bill may eliminate the ability for agencies to assess connection and capacity fees using a CASA: Oppose Watch Watch 3/18/21, 4/14/21 This bill is likely dead. 3/17/21 Woodland Hills) 2021 "buy-in"fee methodology, and would instead require connection and capacity fees to be strongly. Oppose Unle Oppose 02/18/2021 Amendments made that remove Assembly Majority assessed based on the actual costs of new development. The bill is being spearheaded by Amendod kRless- capacity/connections fees. No impact to Whip housing advocates that cite high development fees as an impediment to new housing. Official AmeRded Water/Wastewater. 2/8/21 This is a reintroduced bill summary states: Prohibits a local agency from imposing a housing impact requirement bill from previous session. 1/28/21 CASA,ACWA, adopted by the local agency on a housing development project, as defined, unless specified CMUA and CSDA have a working group to requirements are satisfied by the local agency, including that the housing impact requirement be address this bill. roughly proportional in both nature and extent to the impact created by the housing development project. 7 State Dodd (D-Napa) SB 222 Water Affordability This bill would establish the Water Affordability Assistance Fund in the State Treasury to help CASA:Watch, Watch Watch 02/18/21 5/20/21 Set for hearing in Senate Assistance provide water affordability assistance,for both drinking water and wastewater services, to low- Association of Clean Appropriations Committee. 5/17/21 In Senate Program income/economic hardship ratepayers in California. The bill would make moneys in the fund Water Agencies Appropriations Suspense File. 5/3/21 Re- available upon appropriation by the Legislature to the state board to provide, as part of the (ACWA): Watch (both referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. Water Affordability Assistance Program established by the bill, direct water bill assistance,water will reconsider position 4/29/21 Passed Senate Environmental Quality bill credits,water crisis assistance, affordability assistance, and short-term assistance to public at a future legislative Committee 5-2.4/20/21 Re-referred to Senate water systems to administer program components. The bill would require the water board to meeting Environmental Quality Committee.4/12/21 Passed develop guidelines/oversight procedures/budget by January 1, 2023. as amended from Environmental Quality To the extent this provision would impose new requirements on local publicly owned electric Committee.4/5/21 Additional authors utilities and local publicly owned gas utilities,the bill would impose a state-mandated local amendments. 1/14/21 Introduced. program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, however, no funding has been identified yet in this bill. 8 State Rivas(D-Hollister) AB 377 California Clean The bill is sponsored by Coastkeeper and makes significant changes to NPDES permitting CASA: Oppose Oppose Oppose 02/18/21 5/20/21 Decision will be made on if this bill Principle Co-Author: Waters Act procedures, creates a new enforcement program, and requires all surface water in California to moves forward. 5/19/21 Hearing in Assembly Hertzberg be drinkable,fishable, and swimmable by 2050. The intent is to address chronic contamination Appropriations author waived presentation and (D-Van Nuys) of impaired receiving waters. went to suspense.4/21/21 Passed Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee 5-3.4/14/21 Central San+DSRSD Staff met with Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan staff to discuss bill concerns.4/13/21 New amendments in print.4/3/17/21 Staff continues to work with the author on amendments(two sets so far)that are baby steps to move this bill in a more positive direction. 2/2/21 Introduced. 9 State/ Garamendi (D-CA) H.R. 535 Include Special These two identical bills would amend the Social Security Act to include special districts in the California Special Support Support 02/18/21 SEE ITEM 22 -5/19/21 Central San will join Federal Sinema(D-AZ) Districts in COVID coronavirus relief fund and directs the Secretary to include special districts as an eligible issuer Districts Association advocacy as part of CSDXs Legislative Days relief under the Municipal Liquidity Facility (CSDA): Support push to outreach to local legislators to include special districts in funding.4/8/21 This bill directly will not go through, however the concept is moving forward through a State vehicle. Central San signed on to a coalition letter to the Governor to include special districts in COVID relief funding. 2/3/21 17 CA Co-sponsors including McNerny and DeSaulnier. Central San 2021 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 5/19/21 Green Shading- bill enacted, Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Federal/ Industry Position Board Date of Board State Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Recommended by Decision Direction Priority List/Position Staff 10 State Rivas(D-Hollister) AB 361 Brown Act: The bill allows local agencies to meet remotely during a declared state or local emergency. It CSDA: Sponsor Support Support 02/18/21 5/17/21 Passed out of Assembly 62-4. 5/11/21 In Remote Meetings would remove the requirement for agencies to post meeting notices/agendas in physical Assembly read second time -to third reading. During locations during an emergency. While the public must continue to have access to the remote 5/5/21 Hearing in Assembly Local Government Emergencies meeting and provided the ability to make public comment,this bill states agencies would not be Committee.4/6/21 From Assembly rereferred to required to make all remote meeting sites accessible to the public, nor include the remote Assembly Local Government Committee with location details in the meeting notice or agenda during a declared state of emergency or a authors amendments. 2/8/21 Request from CSDA declared local emergency.Additionally, agency board members would not be required to be at to provide letter of support. remote sites within the territorial bounds of the agency during a declared state of emergency or a declared local emergency 11 State/ Garcia(D-Bell AJR 4 Support This joint resolution would declare California to be in favor of the United States' ratification of the Support: CPSC Support Support 02/18/21 4/28/21 Re-referred to Senate Environmental Federal Gardens) Ratification of Basel Convention at the earliest opportunity and would request the Biden Administration to Quality Committee.4/5/21 Passed by Assembly. Basal Agreement accomplish this ratification as a matter of urgency.The Basel Convention resolution on the 4/5/21 Coauthors revised-Adopted by Assembly Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1989)was (60-0). 2/8/21 Request from CPSC to join letter of signed but never ratified by the United States. The United States is now one of only a few support. countries that have failed to ratify this vital multinational environmental agreement to protect developing countries from the export and dumping of wastes from rich industrialized countries. According to the journal Science Advances the United States and Great Britain are the world's biggest source of plastic waste. In 2019,the Basel Convention was amended to include mixed and contaminated plastic waste shipments within its control procedure to address the problem of plastic waste collected for recycling in industrialized nations and sent to highly polluting recycling operations in developing countries. In these locations,the plastic waste is often dumped and burned rather than safely recycled.As of January 1, 2021, such exports will require the notification and consent of receiving countries prior to export. However, the United States, not being a Basel Party will not be able to legally export wastes,which are illegal for the importing country to receive, leading to illegal traffic, seizures, lawsuits, and waste repatriation events. Plastic pollution is a growing global concern. 12 State Caballero(D- SB 323 Water or Sewer This ACWA sponsored measure sets the statute of limitations to challenge water and Sponsor:ACWA, Support Support 03/04/21 5/13/21 Double referred to Assembly Merced) Service: Legal sewer rates and changes to be the same 120 day currently placed capacity and connections Committees on Local Government and Actions charges. By applying the same judicial actions, procedures and timelines,this bill would provide Judiciary. 5/6/21 Passed Senate 34-1.4/22/21 agencies with an expedited, conclusive, and binding determination about the validity of the Senate second reading to third.4/20/21 Passed agency's action. By obtaining a speedy resolution,the agency can act in reliance on the action, Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0. 3/25/21 Passed without the threat of lawsuits years later. from Senate Governance and Finance Committee (4-1). 3/2/21 CSDA staff recommending support position. 3/11/21 Date for Senate Governance and Finance Committee hearing. Central San 2021 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 5/19/21 Green Shading- bill enacted, Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Federal/ Industry Position Board Date of Board State Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Recommended by Decision Direction Notes Priority List/Position Staff 13 State Lee(D-San Jose) AB 339 Local This bill would amend the Brown Act placing new requirements on public agencies for their Oppese Oppose 03/04/21 5/4/21 This bill heavily amended in Assembly. Now Government: public meeting agendas, meeting materials, and meeting accessibility. Specifically,the bill will Watch only applies to cities/counties with over 250,000 Open Meetings require that: •All meetings of a legislative body for a local public agency(governing board, people. Special Districts removed from bill.4/14/21 committee or subcommittee)or the state to include both a call-in and an internet-based service No movement on this bill since introduction in late option for members of the public to attend the meeting •The internet-based service option must January. 3/5/21 With further staff review here provide closed captioning service would also be additional staffing required forever if •All meetings shall include an in-person public comment opportunity(whether the meeting is a we wanted to have all of our board meetings teleconference meeting or not) according to those requirements. Letting people •All agendas and instructions for accessing meetings must be translated into all languages for fully interact verbally over Teams or Zoom would which 5%of the populations in the area governed by the local agency is a speaker require having staff dedicated to running all that • Persons commenting in person shall not have more time or in any other way be prioritized over behind the scenes.Also,the closed captioning is persons commenting remotely via call-in or internet-based service an issue.We have a way to capture it • Instructions on how to attend the meeting via call-in or internet-based service shall be posted automatically word for word. But the punctuation online along with the meeting agenda in an easily accessible location (as drafted, likely in error, isn't good and it doesn't show who is saying what. this does not exempt those agencies without a website from this requirement) To do it right would require a human doing that as • Legislative bodies of local agencies shall employ a sufficient amount of qualified bilingual well. It is not clear if the closed captioning would persons to provide translation during the meeting in the language of the non-English-speaking also need to happen with translating but that would person, in jurisdictions which govern a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. "Non be problematic. 3/2/21 CSDA staff recommending English-speaking people"is defined as members of a group who either do not speak English, or oppose position. who are unable to effectively communicate in English because it is not their native language, and who comprise 5 percent or more of the people served by the statewide or any local office or facility of a state agency. •The provisions apply to local public agencies as well as the State. However, they do not apply to the California State Legislature in the same way. 14 Federal Congressmember H.R. 1352 Water It would create a WATER Trust Fund to deliver$35 million in dedicated funding for water Support Support 03/04/21 4/5/21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Lawrence(D-MI)& Affordability, infrastructure improvements,with a priority on disadvantaged communities.The bill would Conservation and Forestry. 3/2/21 Introduced. Khanna(D-CA) Transparency, provide the following: Senator Bernie Sanders(I-VT) has introduced Equity, and -Provides$34.85 billion a year to drinking water and wastewater improvements; companion legislation in the Senate. Reliability -Creates a water trust fund; (WATER)Act of -Creates up to nearly 1 million jobs across the economy and protect American workers; 2021 -Prioritizes disadvantaged communities with grants and additional support; -Expands funding for technical assistance to small, rural, and indigenous communities; -Funds projects to address water contamination from PFAS; -Requires US EPA to study water affordability, shutoffs, discrimination, and civil rights violations by water providers; -Upgrades household wells and septic systems; -Helps homeowners replace lead service lines; and -Provides more than $1 billion a year to update water infrastructure in public schools. Central San 2021 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 5/19/21 Green Shading- bill enacted, Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Federal/ Industry Position Board Date of Board State Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Recommended by Decision Direction Notes Priority List/Position Staff 15 State Hertzberg (D-Van SB 443 ReferendumrGut/Amended bill would require initiative and referendum measures to appear in the order in Neutral Neutral 4/15/21 4/12/21 Gut/Amended-not the same bill. Staff will Nuys) "SIT which they qualify for the ballot. Thi boll : �n� VVatGh n3�n4�22n2, recommend Neutral position. 2/18/21 Introduced Clogtiono• spot i Redic+rirtinn that '5r0urrently apply to diStFiGtS fGF SeRate,Assembly, GORgress, Equaliza+inn planing the pritoria in AR QAO geography, and r.e.mmunities ef interest vVith a mandate te r.ernply with a series ef emp-11-U-sive- .1d not he C Q 4431ph as Gen+ra�l San n u distripting m would n orl+n hg oval,oted for make the pepulatien equality reqWiFeMeRt mere StFiRgeRt. _Rt law requ res"substaRtial"equality OR pepylatiGR"as required by th n..--- Stats. __ , vAprp Movie+ion is red to r ply with the federal Voting Rights Agt° ni-M of interest a alyoic The bm"dees net ad-dress the faGt that 19Gal jurisdir.tiens rdA_ RGt Yet kROW wheR they will FeGeiVe Ge.nsus data OF the GpedfiG deadlines that�.A.4 1 1 apply te the redistriGting PreGess. 16 State Senator Glazer(D- SB 594 Elections: Local This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would mitigate issues Support Support 4/15/2021 5/13/21 Passed Senate with urgency clause 38- Orinda) Redistrictingsurrounding the potential dela in the release of census data and the effect of that dela on local Support f Amended QXQ442021 g p y� y 0.To Assembly. 5/6/21 Passed Senate redistricting. Census data is now delayed 6 months. mended Governance and Finance committee 5-0. 5/3/21 Amendments accepted in committee.4/20/21 Central San Staff sent additional clarifying amendments to the committee staff that were subsequently accepted.4/12/21 Passed from Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee on (5-0)with District amendments. 4/5/21 Central San amendments in print and to committee. 3/26/21 Staff submitted two sets of amendments for inclusion in the 4/12/21 hearing. One set will provide relief only to Central San, the second set provides umbrella relief to all special districts that fall under a special or enabling act requiring a date for redistricting. 3/17/21 Staff working with a In its current form this bill would not provide relief to Central San under our current requirement under the CA Health and Safety Code to redistrict by November 1, 2021. Language to include Central San would be required to ensure the District falls within protections other agencies are afforded. 17 State Assemblymember AB 622 Washing This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2024,that all washing machines sold as new in CASA-Support, Support Support 03/18/21 5/3/21 Bill pulled-will be a two-year bill.4/21/21 Friedman (D- machines: California contain a microfiber filtration system with a mesh size of 100 microns or smaller. CASA may choose to Committee hearing set in Assembly Environmental Glendale) microfiber filtration sponsor this bill Safety and Toxic Materials.4/7/21 Hearing postponed by committee. 18 State Assemblymember ACR 17 Special Districts This measure proclaims the week of May 16, 2021, to May 22, 2021, to be Special Districts Sponsor: CSDA Support Support 03/18/21 This bill died as State Legislature was too busy to Voepel (R-San Week Week. take up most joint resolutions. Diego County) Central San 2021 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 5/19/21 Green Shading- bill enacted, Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Federal/ Industry Position Board Date of Board State Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Recommended by Decision Direction Notes Priority List/Position Staff 19 State Assemblymember AB 678 Housing Current law, the Mitigation Fee Act, imposes various requirements with respect to the CSDA: Oppose Watch Watch 04/01/21 4/14/21 This bill is likely to not move forward. Grayson (D- development establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a 4/1/21 CSDA will likely oppose. 3/25/21 Amended Concord) projects:fees and development project, including requiring a local agency, in any action establishing, increasing, or and rereferred to Assembly Local Government and exactions cap imposing such a fee,to determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee's use Housing and Community Development and the type of development on which the fee is imposed.This bill would make nonsubstantive Committees changes to this requirement. 20 State Assemblymember AB 602 Impact Fees: This bill would require, a local agency to produce a nexus study prior to the imposition of any 4/13/21 CASA Neutral Neutral 4/15/21 5/21/21 Set for Assembly Appropriations Grayson D- Development impact fee or other exaction and that study be updated every 8 years and noticed 30 days in Neutral. 3/26/21 n.POS8 JR18SSOppose nn M 142021 hearing. 5/4/21 Amended and re-referred to Concord) Fees Nexus advance before adoption. It would require that nexus study to identify the existing level of Initially-CSDA, AFR8Rded Unless Assembly Appropriations Committee.4/14/21 Studies service for each assessed impact, identify the proposed new level of service, explain the level of CASA, California Amended Hearing set in Assembly Local Government metric being used, and include a finding of why the new level of service is necessary. It would State Association of Committee.4/13/21 With Committee bill analysis, require that a fee levied or imposed on a housing development project by a local agency be Counties(CSAC), CASA will remove opposition.4/6/21 Author's proportionate to the square footage of the proposed unit or units, and would seek to link local League of California amendments removed connection and capacity agency projects to a capital development or capital investment plan.Additionally, it requires the Cities(League), and fee reference and essentially remove special Housing and Community Development Department to create an impact fee nexus study Urban Counties of districts from this bill. 3/25/21 Referred to template that includes a housing development feasibility study be included, and could very likely California (UCC): Assembly Local Government Committee. 3/18/21 be produced on contract with the University of California's Terner Center. Oppose Unless Spot bill that was gut and amended to include CASA/CSDA/ACWA/CMUA supported amendments to be proposed would likely include a total Amend connection and capacity fees. exception for connection and capacity charges, deletion of any reference to"exactions", deletion CASA/CSDA/ACWA/CMUA and other have joined of any linkage to a capital investment plan, deletion of the template created by HCD in favor of a a working group to highlight that it is clearinghouse of nexus studies at the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, deletion of constitutionally illegal to subsidize one customer any square footage metric mandate in favor of an analysis in the nexus study explaining the use class over another(Proposition 218). Connection of or non-use of square footage for a and capacity fees are still include despite authors particular metric, other technical and verbiage change requests. office saying that they would be removed. 21 State Senator Skinner(D- SB 95 COVID-19 This bill creates a statewide policy to allow employees access to 80 hours of COVID-19 Oppose: CAL No position No action 04/01/21 This bill was gut/amended on 3/15/21,went into Oakland) Supplemental supplemental paid sick leave retroactive from January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. Chamber required print, passed committees with rule suspensions, Paid Sick Leave passed both houses, and had the Governor's signature all by 3/19/21. 22 Federal/ President Trailer Bills American The President has provided the American Rescue Plan for COVID relief funds.While Special CSDA, CASA,ACWA: Support 5/19/21 Central San will join advocacy as part State Biden/Governor TBD Rescue Plan Districts were not specifically allocated monies in the Plan, it does not preclude California from Support of CSDA's Legislative Days push to outreach to Newsom/State allocating a portion of the$27B they were given to be available, in part, to wastewater agencies. local legislators to include special districts in Senate Additionally, California has an unprecedented$75.7B budget surplus. Both of these substantial funding. 5/14/21 This is a carry over item from funds has sparked the State Senate to put together a$3.413 plan to address drought resiliency, Item 9 H.R. 535.The concept is the same- which includes water/recycled water infrastructure projects. Included in the plan is$1 B to go inclusion of Special Districts in federal COVID towards helping Californians catch up on their water,wastewater and electric bills. relief funds. 23 Federal Representatives HR 3218 Wastewater Provides states and USEPA the discretionary authority to extend NPDES permit terms to up to CASA: Support Support 5/13/21 Legislation submitted. Carry over item Graves(R-MO)and Infrastructure 10 years. It further preserves all existing Clean Water Act authorities and remedies, including from previous sessions the Board has Young (R-AK) Improvement Act enforcement and citizen suit provisions. It also preserves the ability of regulators to reopen a supported concept to extend NPDES permit of 2021 permit if circumstances warrant such action to ensure public health. terms.